For all those that may be unaware, OWEs ex Australia booked in economy increase in price fromm 15 July. This price increase is $200 for low season and $90 for high season tickets. I'm not sure about other fare classes.

Another change I've noticed is that now any changes which take place before departure are now free of charge. I presume this would include rerouting and the required reissuing of the ticket:

1. before departure / after ticket issue: unlimited changes permiited free of charge

2. after departure: date / time permitted at no charge. routing changes to other than date / time is permitted at a charge of usd 75 etc etc...

All in all what this means is that I and anyone else wanting to do Y OWEs have two days to issue a ticket before incurring the price increase. My question is, can I quickly get a ticket issued for a simple routing and then change it later? I presume I would not incur any fee for the changes even if it involves rerouting. However, if the ticket needs to be reissued, as it will be if I later reroute, will I be hit with the higher fare??


many many thanks